Smart Space Act of 2026
Latest action · Mar 25, 2026 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 5, 2026
- Passed HouseMar 24, 2026
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Smart Space Act of 2026
This bill requires the General Services Administration (GSA) to publish a recommended list of public building projects for which public-private partnerships and alternative financing methods should be used.
Under the bill, GSA must hold consultation meetings to identify alternative financing solutions for the construction, renovation, or preparation for disposal of public buildings that will reduce costs to the federal government. Such meetings must include experts in private commercial real estate and federal real estate. If available, state real estate experts with experience leveraging private financing for public buildings and facilities must also be included.
GSA must submit to the President and Congress, and publish on its website (1) recommendations on types of public-private partnerships and alternative financing methods best suited for meeting the federal government's public building needs, and (2) a list of recommended projects for which such methods should be used.
Projects included on the recommended projects list must meet certain criteria, including consolidating or relocating federal agencies out of costly, inefficient, and underutilized spaces that GSA intends to sell or dispose of once vacated.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 15
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 25, 2026Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
- Mar 24, 2026Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2650-2651)
- Mar 24, 2026DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 7388.
- Mar 24, 2026Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Mar 24, 2026Mr. Taylor moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 25, 2026Referred in Senate
- Mar 24, 2026Engrossed in House
- Mar 20, 2026Reported in House
- Feb 5, 2026Introduced in House
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